By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Vladimir Popov (*) KUALA LUMPUR and BERLIN, Feb 12 2019 (IPS) – Economic recovery efforts since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis have mainly depended on unconventional monetary policies. As fears rise of yet another international financial…
By Tyler Durden* – ZeroHedge Nobel laureate Paul Krugman is possibly the world’s most famous Keynesian economist thanks to his position on the New York Times editorial board. And he just joined the growing chorus of voices calling for a US recession in the next two years.
By Greg Palast* – Truthout On January 23, right after a phone call from Donald Trump, Juan Guaidó, former speaker of Venezuela’s National Assembly, declared himself president. No voting. When you have official recognitionfrom The Donald, who needs elections?
By Farhad Manjoo* – The New York Times A radical idea is gaining adherents on the left. It’s the perfect way to blunt tech-driven inequality.
By Chakravarthi Raghavan and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (*) GENEVA and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2019 (IPS) – In Davos in late January, several powerful governments and their allies announced their intention to launch new negotiations on e-commerce. Unusually, the intention is to launch the…
By Idriss Jazairy* GENEVA, Feb 4 2019 (IPS) – The count down towards a tragic outcome in Venezuela has started. All outside powers express what they say is a shared concern for its peace-loving people that has the misfortune of sitting on what is maybe the largest oil reserves…
Opinion, Zhiqun Zhu* – Newsweek Chinese President Xi Jinping’s January 2 speech on Taiwan triggered a new round of heated debates about China-Taiwan relations. Those who do not support Taiwan-China unification believe a democracy should not be devoured by an authoritarian…
Al Jazeera English Latest updates as Venezuela plunges into a major crisis amid a growing row over Nicolas Maduro’s presidency. Fast Facts: –Countries that support President Maduro: Bolivia, China, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, Turkey. –Countries that support…
By Liu Zhenmin* UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28 2019 (IPS) – World leaders have committed to ending poverty everywhere for all people by 2030. Achieving this aim means facing up to the need for dramatic declines in inequalities – in income, in opportunity, in exposure to risk, across…
By Ishaan Tharoor * – The Washington Post DAVOS, Switzerland — In some ways, the agenda at this year’s World Economic Forum — the annual conclave of the global elite — is not that different from the deliberations of 2018. There will be declarations about the struggle against…
